“Membership allows parents to create a backup network of caregivers and sitters – people they can trust with the care of their children.” Sheila Kerr, mother of three sons, created a website to provide an easy-to-use and affordable solution for parents in need of child care. “If your nanny calls in sick – you don't have to.” Sheila experienced the last minute cancellation of a nanny and vowed to find a solution. With the help of her husband, she designed a website using open source software with specific geo-location capabilities to connect available babysitters to parents by exact location. This helps parents find a neighbour who is willing and able to help take care of their kids.
The website allows a parent to search for a babysitter for every childcare need: full-time, part-time, occasional, last-minute or emergency care, or to search for a babysitter by experience, languages spoken, pay-rate, drivers license, or skills like swimming or CPR. Parents can post a job which is immediately emailed to neighborhood babysitters or they can put a job on the I Need a Sitter Now! list. A unique feature of this website is a Sitter On-Call List which allows babysitters willing to work at short notice an opportunity to place themselves on a special list which members can view.
A special discounted 1-year membership costs $44.99. Babysitters and nannies register for free. The website is not an agency, so wages and hours are negotiated directly between the members, using the privacy-protected email messaging system.
To find out how many sitters are registered in your neighbourhood visit http://www.MyNannyCalledinSick.com.
Contact Information:
www.MyNannyCalledinSick.com
Sheila Kerr - President and Founder
1-905-481-1242
Author Information
Sheila Kerr
MYNANNYCALLEDINSICK.COM
